Robert T. O’Malley

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

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Robert T. O’Malley is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert T. O’Malley has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Oceanography, 10 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Robert T. O’Malley's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (10 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (6 papers). Robert T. O’Malley is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (10 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (6 papers). Robert T. O’Malley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Robert T. O’Malley's co-authors include Michael J. Behrenfeld, Emmanuel Boss, David A. Siegel, Allen J. Milligan, Gene C. Feldman, Charles R. McClain, Jorge L. Sarmiento, Paul G. Falkowski, Ricardo M. Letelier and Toby K. Westberry and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Remote Sensing of Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Robert T. O’Malley

18 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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Climate-driven trends in contemporary ocean productivity

2006 1.8k citations Michael J. Behrenfeld, Robert T. O’Malley et al. Nature profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Remote triggering of high magnitude earthquakes along plate boundaries 2022 ·Scientific Reports ·Robert T. O’Malley, (unknown), Yue Zhang	2
2	Phytoplankton biodiversity and the inverted paradox 2021 ·ISME Communications ·Michael J. Behrenfeld, Robert T. O’Malley, Emmanuel Boss, Lee Karp‐Boss, Christopher C. Mundt	17
3	Regional warming exacerbates match/mismatch vulnerability for cod larvae in Alaska 2021 ·Progress In Oceanography ·Benjamin J. Laurel, Mary E. Hunsicker, Lorenzo Ciannelli, Thomas P. Hurst, Janet T. Duffy‐Anderson, Robert T. O’Malley, Michael J. Behrenfeld	30
4	Small phytoplankton dominate western North Atlantic biomass 2020 ·The ISME Journal ·Luis M. Bolaños, Lee Karp‐Boss, Chang Jae Choi, Alexandra Z. Worden, Jason R. Graff, Nils Haëntjens, Alison Chase, Alice Della Penna, Peter Gaube, Françoise Morison, Susanne Menden‐Deuer, Toby K. Westberry, Robert T. O’Malley, Emmanuel Boss, Michael J. Behrenfeld, Stephen J. Giovannoni	68
5	Evaluating ecosystem change as Gulf of Alaska temperature exceeds the limits of preindustrial variability 2020 ·Progress In Oceanography ·Michael A. Litzow, Mary E. Hunsicker, Eric J. Ward, Sean C. Anderson, Jin Gao, Stephani G. Zador, Sonia Batten, (unknown), Janet T. Duffy‐Anderson, (unknown), Russell R. Hopcroft, Benjamin J. Laurel, Robert T. O’Malley	37
6	Global satellite-observed daily vertical migrations of ocean animals 2019 ·Nature ·Michael J. Behrenfeld, Peter Gaube, Alice Della Penna, Robert T. O’Malley, William J. Burt, Yongxiang Hu, Paula S Bontempi, Deborah K. Steinberg, Emmanuel Boss, David A. Siegel, C. A. Hostetler, Philippe D. Tortell, Scott C. Doney	127
7	Evidence of Systematic Triggering at Teleseismic Distances Following Large Earthquakes 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Robert T. O’Malley, Debashis Mondal, C. Goldfinger, Michael J. Behrenfeld	12
8	Annual boom–bust cycles of polar phytoplankton biomass revealed by space-based lidar 2016 ·Nature Geoscience ·Michael J. Behrenfeld, Yongxiang Hu, Robert T. O’Malley, Emmanuel Boss, C. A. Hostetler, David A. Siegel, Jorge L. Sarmiento, Jennifer A. Schulien, Johnathan W. Hair, Xiaomei Lu, Sharon Rodier, Amy Jo Scarino	157
9	Revaluating ocean warming impacts on global phytoplankton 2015 ·Nature Climate Change ·Michael J. Behrenfeld, Robert T. O’Malley, Emmanuel Boss, Toby K. Westberry, Jason R. Graff, Kimberly H. Halsey, Allen J. Milligan, David A. Siegel, Matthew B. Brown	259
10	Geostationary satellite observations of dynamic phytoplankton photophysiology 2014 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Robert T. O’Malley, Michael J. Behrenfeld, Toby K. Westberry, Allen J. Milligan, Shaoling Shang, Jing Yan	21
11	A common partitioning strategy for photosynthetic products in evolutionarily distinct phytoplankton species 2013 ·New Phytologist ·Kimberly H. Halsey, Robert T. O’Malley, Jason R. Graff, Allen J. Milligan, Michael J. Behrenfeld	74
12	Improbability mapping: A metric for satellite-detection of submarine volcanic eruptions 2013 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Robert T. O’Malley, Michael J. Behrenfeld, Toby K. Westberry, Allen J. Milligan, (unknown), Kimberly H. Halsey	7
13	Epipelagic fish distributions in relation to thermal fronts in a coastal upwelling system using high-resolution remote-sensing techniques 2011 ·ICES Journal of Marine Science ·(unknown), Robert T. O’Malley, Richard D. Brodeur, James H. Churnside	36
14	Comparison of primary productivity models in the Southern Ocean: preliminary results 2010 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Shaoling Shang, Michael J. Behrenfeld, (unknown), Robert T. O’Malley, Guojun Wei, (unknown), Toby K. Westberry	10
15	Satellite-detected fluorescence reveals global physiology of ocean phytoplankton 2009 ·Biogeosciences ·Michael J. Behrenfeld, Toby K. Westberry, Emmanuel Boss, Robert T. O’Malley, David A. Siegel, Jerry D. Wiggert, Bryan A. Franz, Charles R. McClain, Gene C. Feldman, Scott C. Doney, J. Keith Moore, Giorgio Dall’Olmo, A. J. Milligan, Ivan D. Lima, N. M. Mahowald	261
16	Climate-driven trends in contemporary ocean productivity breakdown → 2006 ·Nature ·Michael J. Behrenfeld, Robert T. O’Malley, David A. Siegel, Charles R. McClain, Jorge L. Sarmiento, Gene C. Feldman, Allen J. Milligan, Paul G. Falkowski, Ricardo M. Letelier, Emmanuel Boss	1774
17	SeaSoar and CTD observations during coastal jet separation cruise W9408A, August to September 1994 1996 ·John A. Barth, Robert T. O’Malley, Jane Fleischbein, Robert L. Smith, Adriana Huyer	4
18	SEASOAR and CTD Observations During EBC Cruises W93O6A and W9308B, June to September 1993. 1995 ·P. Michael Kosro, John A. Barth, Jane Fleischbein, Adriana Huyer, Robert T. O’Malley	7
19	SEASOAR observations during a COARE surveys cruise, W9211B, 12 December 1992 to 16 January 1993 1994 ·Robert T. O’Malley, P. Michael Kosro, Roger Lukas, Adriana Huyer	1
20	SEASOAR and CTD observations during a COARE surveys cruise, W9211A, 8 November to 8 December 1992 1994 ·Adriana Huyer, Peter Hacker, P. Michael Kosro, Jane Fleischbein, (unknown), Robert T. O’Malley	1

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